Letting The Tears Flow

I recently heard a radio announcer talking about a
film he'd seen that was very moving. His female
associate asked if he'd cried, and he jokingly said,
"That's no question to ask a grown man!" Before
saying yes, he'd shed some tears at the end. He had no
shame in admitting this.

I wonder if you, like me, were brought up with the
wrongful notion that you shouldn't cry. I still
remember when upset on my fifth birthday, that
sing-song voice...."Crying on your birthday, the
fairies will take your present away." I've known
people who cry at the tiniest thing, and others who
never shed a tear. I was like that for many years, and
rarely cried. If I did, it was when no-one would see.
Then a few years ago I underwent a healing process
when God opened up my heart and my tear ducts at the
same time, and I'd find myself sitting in church with
tears silently flowing. Now they come more readily,
and there's no shame.

Weeping is a liberating thing for everyone, children,
women and men alike, and releases all the pent-up
emotions that are so unhealthy. Many great men of the
Bible wept - among others, Joseph and Benjamin
(Genesis 45:14), David and his men (1 Samuel 30:4),
Peter wept bitterly (Matthew 26:75), and throughout
the Psalms David shed many tears. And our LORD Jesus
showed His humanity as He wept.

As we struggle daily in living with chronic illness or
disability, there are many times when we could weep
with frustration, deep hurt, pain, etc., but so many
of us try to hide the way we feel, and won't give way
to tears. Our pride gets in the way of the emotional
healing that a good cry can bring. Ask the Lord to
open up your floodgates, and don't be ashamed to cry,
your loving Father sees every tear that you shed, and
He'll comfort you as only He knows how. And
eventually, "He will wipe every tear from (our) eyes.
There will be no more death or mourning or crying or
pain." (Revelation 21:4).
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Janice McLaren is a mother of four
and a grandmother, and lives by herself in Oamaru, New
Zealand. She has had ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or
CFIDS) since 1984, and has been restricted almost
completely to home since 1994, much of this time
confined to bed. She's thankful to belong to God's
wonderful family and for all the many blessings
that He gives.
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Compliments of Rest Ministries, serving people
Who live with chronic illness or pain.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I do not cry here, we moved from my home NC to GA 2 yrs ago. I can go home and the tears just fall(in church) Here we have a church and I have been moved on many occasion but no tears will come. This church is a good church a good body in Christ. Is it because I miss my other church so much??? I have asked myself this before but no answer yet. I have broke down a few times while praying for my children. But to just sit in church and the tears come like they did before, it doesn't happen. What's wrong with me?
God bless you,
Jenny